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Thursday, November 09, 2006

McCarville wins district judge post in Hutch

The Hutch News reported that Magistrate Judge Joe McCarville beat Chief Public Defender Sarah Sweet-McKinnon for the district judge seat being vacated by Judge Becker. Today, the Hutch News reports that Ms. Sweet-McKinnon and Legal Services for Prisoners attorney Cheryl Allen have both expressed interest in McCarville's magistrate judge seat. Here and here are previous posts about this election.

[Update: The Hutch News reported on the persons seeking to fill the magistrate position.]

[Update: The Hutch News reported that Cheryl Allen and Randy McEwen were nominated to fill the magistrate postition.]